Chapter 10: Thank You Kisses
By Jessie/Dory
Author Message: Just letting you guys know ahead of time, there'll be probably around 2 – 3 more chapters, probably including this one. So the story is coming to a conclusion, but it'll be a great conclusion – at least, I plan it to be that way. =) ALSO – please tell me in your reviews what your favorite parts have been (from either this chapter or others), it helps out a lot.
Sheen hadn't wakened up until the late afternoon, but never the less; no one had spotted him, and when he had awakened there was a pile of snow on his head.
Giving a loud yawn, he looked back and forth and realized he was pretty much sleeping in snow, "Ooh – I've had this dream before – wait," he stood up and realized he wasn't dreaming, "this can't be a dream – there's no flying underpants! Man – I liked that dream too," he kicked the snow as he said this.
"What is going on here – what is – oh yeah," it all came back to him, "The other four were taken away to be killed," he said this so casually it didn't even hit him for a full 30 seconds, "OH crud!" he began pacing back and forth, "I need to devise a plan – a smart plan – oh where's Jimmy when you need him? Probably already dead or worse," he blinked, "What ever worse could possibly be."
Looking up at the castle he decided that he had to sneak in some how, without being caught, obviously. He scanned the windows and saw one not too far or high up that had a window open. Underneath it were several somewhat strong looking vines that lead directly to the window. Sheen slowly walked over to them, quickly turned around to make sure no one was around to catch him in the act, and looked up the horrible high distance.
Taking hold of one of the vines, he gulped and muttered; "May Ultra Lord's strength be with me," with that he slowly began to climb the wall.
Loads of makeup fluttered everywhere, and Cindy exited the room slowly whilst gasping for breath as she opened the door. On the other side, if you happened to be watching, you would see Cindy slowly creeping out the door while literally makeup escaped from the room, hairspray was puffing out, and a brush was flung past her and hit against the opposite.
"Really guys! I'm just," wheeze, "Going to the bathroom – no, no, not gonna ruin the makeup," she slammed the door closed, giving a sigh of relief and leaning against the door with her back and sliding to the ground, "my god – I'm not gonna touch this make up if it means going through THAT again."
She looked down the hallways, and was relieved to see no one around, "I can find help now!" She coughed some more from the lack of air she had a moment ago, "first I need some fresh air," she spotted an open window and walked over to it.
She lay her head down on the window, closing her eyes and taking deep and fresh breathes. Ah, how she would fear makeup for weeks after this incident blows over – if it ever does. She suddenly had a pang of guilt, here she was, and resting and breathing, while Josh and her friends were probably dead by now!
"Ow! Stupid thorn -," a voice below caused her head to jump up. She knew that voice, at least, she thought she did.
Cindy looked over the edge of the window and saw a figure dangling on the vines, she literally shrieked, "Sheen?!" She put her hand to her mouth, hoping that no one had heard her yell, her voice softened down a bit, "Sheen – what are you DOING?" She adjusted the tiara on her head, making sure it wouldn't fall off.
Sheen looked up, "Princess? What are you doing there – I thought you were captured."
"No, no – Sheen, I'm not Victoria – I'm Cindy," she hissed in response, "Here – grab my cape," she had been forced into a very royal looking outfit with a long and heavy cape sort of thing dragging behind her, it was the only thing long enough to reach Sheen. Draping the cape over the side of the window, Sheen grabbed it with one hand while holding the vine.
"You sure this is strong enough?" he gulped, turning his head to look down at the far distance he had climbed, and didn't want to fall.
Cindy rolled her eyes, "Stronger than those vines, now hang on and try to climb up."
Sheen nodded, using both hands to climb up, he did this slowly so that he could attempt on concentrating, while at the same time using the bricks of the wall to help him climb up with ease.
One brick Sheen stepped on was slightly slippery and of course Sheen tripped, sliding half way down the cape, "ah!" was the response he gave while Cindy shrieked, with white knuckles, holding on with all her strength.
"I'm ok!" Sheen yelled up in reply.
"No duh, otherwise you'd be a pancake on the ground by now – I'm not gonna let my best friend's boyfriend get squished – now GET UP HERE," Cindy scowled down at him. In quick response, Sheen didn't waste any time and scurried up the remainder of the climb.
Cindy held her arm out as far as she could stretch while still having a tight grip on the cape. If Sheen fell, she would too. Sheen grabbed her hand and immediately Cindy swung her other hand over, pressing her feet against the window edge and put all her weight backwards to lift him in.
Sheen climbed over the window ledge with ease, and Cindy flew backwards, landing on her butt. She grunted with annoyance at the pain, but slowly stood up, using the wall as balance.
Looking around, Sheen nodded in approval, "Very nice place here."
"Well what do you expect," she winced slightly in pain, "They are royal after all," she let out a deep and shaky breath, "So – where is everyone else?" she looked at him expectantly.
Sheen's arms dropped, "Well – they tried to capture us, Jimmy, Victoria, Libby, and Carl got caught," he stood proudly, "of course, using special techniques I used from watching hours, hours, hours, hours, hours, hours (Cindy scoffed, "We don't have all day Estevez."), and hours of Ultra Lord – I of course escaped."
Cindy leaned against the wall, staring at Sheen, "And how long ago was this?"
Rubbing his arms, Sheen laughed nervously, "Well – in the bushes I sort of fell asleep – it was dark and early in the morning when they were captured – and I believe right now it's mid or late afternoon."
His response was silence on Cindy's part, and all she did was turn around and bang her head repetitively against the wall, speaking in between banging her head on the wall, "Why – why – why – am – I – always - surrounded – by – IDIOTS?"
"If it helps," Sheen added nervously, and Cindy stopped hitting her head but not facing him as he continued, "Well – I remember they were taking them to the dungeon, they put tape on Jimmy's mouth and cuff him, and the Captain talked about knowing that you guys switched, then saying he was gonna execute them. Victoria for impersonating royalty, and the others for trying to attack the royal family or whatever, which makes no sense to me cause none of it's true."
Cindy turned back around, sinking to the floor, "Of course none of it's true – it should be me being killed, and I will be if I don't follow Captain's orders," she put her hands in her face, "Ugh – this is all my fault, to agree to such a stupid thing. Being a Princess isn't even any fun."
Sheen began pacing, "Well they totally forgot about me," he stopped, crossing his arms, "Which I think was quite rude of them."
Cindy looked up at him, "Then they won't be looking for you – you can save them! I can't go because if they figure out I'm gone they'll know what I'm up to," she smiled, putting her arms down, "We can pull this off yet – you just need a disguise, but what?"
"Hmm, what about if I disguise myself as a clown? Britney Spears? Or ULTRA LORD?" Sheen started jumping up and down with excitement.
"No – it has to be something that they wouldn't give another thought to -," she paused, "Ew, did you say Britney Spears? Never mind," she stood up and began pacing, then leaned against the window ledge, and Sheen did the same.
"I could be a guard dude or something," Sheen suggested. The two stood silently, looking out at the distance, and slowly a smile crept on Cindy's face.
"I have a better idea," she grabbed Sheen's head and pointed out at the distance, "Better than a guard – do you see that, in the distance over there?"
Sheen squinted his eyes, "The truck? You want me to be a truck driver?"
She shook her head in response, "Yes, the truck, but read what's on it!"
Squinting his eyes even more he read what was on the truck, "Ooh! Cool! I've always wanted to be one of those."
"Well this is your lucky day Sheen, cause I've got a plan!" She smirked and began whispering in his ear. A few moments went by of Cindy whispering and Sheen 'ah-ing'.
"A perfect plan your highness!" Sheen did a mocking bow, "I shall now go off to perform my royal duties."
Cindy rolled her eyes, "Whatever Sheen – just go at it."
Sheen saluted her, "Yes ma'am!" and he turned to run off.
A moment passed and Cindy hesitated, "Sheen?"
The boy stopped in mid-run, and turned around, "Yeah?"
She walked toward him and finally reached him, "Listen, thanks," she kissed him briefly on the cheek, "don't take that as that I like you, that's a thank you kiss. And if you tell Libby I did that, she'll have my head, and then I'll tai chi you all the way back to your birth," she showed an angry fist at him and he smiled in response, but then she put it down and continued, "And, about Jimmy -," but she wasn't sure of what to say.
Sheen arched an eyebrow and smirked, "You want me to tell him something for you?"
Cindy now seemed quite nervous and she rubbed her shoulders, "Just – tell him I'm rooting for him, for all of them – and – that – well, tell him I'm sending a kiss his way."
"A thank you kiss?"
She paused, then shook her head, "Well – no," she blushed, "Lets just say – for good luck, and – hey, I don't have to explain it to you, do I?"
He laughed in response, "Nah, you don't – it's just fun watching the girl who's always sure of her self being all nervous for once. I think he'll get the message when I get to them."
She smiled, still with a faint blush, "Thanks Sheen – now go on, they probably think I've run away by now – and you have to get to him before he gets to them, got it?"
"Yeparoni!" Sheen saluted again, and then he ran off to save the day, while Cindy ran back, much to her disgust, to the makeup room.
Hours had gone by, but the five of them and Miss Jones had no rescuers, and several guards guarded their only exit out; everything seemed hopeless at this point.
Silence had taken over all of them, sitting against the wall, Victoria leaned her head into Josh's shoulder, tears traveling down her face. Jimmy was staring at his broken watch, completely smashed to pieces and beyond repairable without the proper tools. Using some things he cared not to describe that he found in the dungeon, he was able to fix such things as the grappler hook he had attached to it, but anything else would have needed real tools to fix together.
He put the watch back on his wrist, and glanced at the cute looking couple of Josh and Victoria. Oh how he wished Cindy was here for him to hug, but Cindy wouldn't be doing any hugging. No, she would be devising a plan, even when the chips were down for the rest of them. Jimmy had come to admit he was rather helpless most of the time without his gadgets, but Cindy, he guaranteed at the moment she was thinking of a plan. That is – if she knew if they were even there or not. He sighed, looking up at the ceiling, wondering where the future lay.
Libby and Carl were sulking near Jimmy, they too wondered where things were heading, and in their minds felt annoyed that they couldn't do anything about what may happen to them. The guard had warned them a while ago that an executioner would be arriving soon. Miss Jones sat next to them; she was more lost in this whole adventure than the rest of them.
Victoria suddenly sat up, "Oh my gosh – I just figured this all out."
Everyone spun around and stared at her, "Huh?" was the first thing that each of them said. Victoria dug into her pocket a folded up piece of paper. It had been the piece of paper she had written her dream – or more so, nightmare – onto only the other day.
"I wrote – the first night Cindy and I had switched, I had a nightmare and wrote everything about it down," she showed the rest of them, and in the dim light that had escaped from the door, each of them over looked it.
Josh seemed perplexed, "I was talking to Cindy in a dark hallway – she was telling me about your father dying and telling me everything about it. The Captain grabbed her, and other guards took me – this must be you imagining yourself as Cindy – she is suppose to be you, right?"
Jimmy grabbed the paper and read closely, "Weird vehicle across the ocean – that's gotta be the hover car, and you were talking to us. You probably just didn't recognize us," he nodded his head, "This is very bizarre. We're thrown into an endless pit?"
"That must be this dungeon!" Libby pointed out, and the others nodded in agreement.
"They're all holding axes?" Carl shuddered, "We haven't seen any axes yet."
In the distance from upstairs they all heard loud and heavy footsteps coming, they all gulped and continued reading.
Miss Jones grabbed it out of Jimmy's hands and read the last part, "This final bit – it can't be you, it must be that Cindy girl," she looked up at the rest of them who seemed confused, 'They're going to force her to be crowned against her will – my goodness, we need to do something," she held her hand to her mouth.
The footsteps grew louder, and louder, Victoria grabbed the paper and put it back into her pocket, "It all make sense now," she suddenly felt dizzy, holding her forehead, "Jeez – it's like I was being sent a message or something – this is too weird."
The others nodded, but Jimmy pointed out, "At least we know what's going on for certain – Cindy's in trouble, and we need to save her."
"B-b-but how Jimmy?" Carl hesitated.
Libby nodded, "I think we should try figuring out how to save ourselves first."
Josh had been the only one who had snuck over and peeked out at what the footsteps were at the door, he turned around and whispered, "Guys! Don't look now but the clock is ticking – the executioner is here!"
The others hesitated for a moment, but ran up next to Josh, and all looked out the small window as best as they could. They could each feel their hearts heating like crazy, Victoria instinctively grabbed Josh's hand tightly as Miss Jones grabbed her son's other hand.
"We'll figure something out," Victoria whispered to Josh, "But in case we don't – I – I love you," she felt her pulse quickening as the executioner rounded the corner.
"I love you too," he whispered back.
The executioner was tall, covered completely in a black cape, holding a huge and sharp axe. His face could not be seen, hidden beneath his or her clothing, but he clearly reeked of pure evil. At this point all six of them were holding hands tightly together, each dreading the worse.
The sleazy guard, the only guard for the matter guarding their room looked up from his seat, "Why how you doing Bob? Haven't seen you in ages!"
The executioner nodded, replying in a dark and deep voice, "I've been on vacation in Hawaii with the family."
The guard nodded, "Very nice, well, you've got a few major trouble makers to deal with – you know, I didn't even know they still had executioners around. Glad to see you're still in business."
"Yep," Bob the executioner nodded again, "Bob's Executioners – we're a-head of the game," he held up the axe, "Where would you like this to go," he began swinging it aimlessly around like it was a toy.
Bob put it on his shoulder and spun half way around, the axe's side hit against the guard, causing him to spin around as if he were drunk, Bob turned back around after hearing the clunk, "Oops, sorry about that!"
He moved the axe around as he saw the guard fall unconscious to the ground, he bent down, and in a familiar voice mumbled, "Ok – and the keys are – HERE!" he smiled under his cloak, grabbing the keys out of the guard's pocket. There was a gold ring with numerous large old-fashioned keys dangling around it.
Libby shook her head in disbelief, "Oh no way, I know that voice ANYWHERE!"
The executioner stood up and went to the door, right at Libby, and pulled the cover over his head off, revealing none other than Sheen, "Hey babe!"
"SHEEN!" The others shrieked, completely baffled.
"The one and only," he smiled proudly. He leaned in and Libby planted a huge kiss on his lips.
"I knew you'd save us! I just new it," she smiled after they stopped kissing.
Sheen, rather shocked, sort of grinned stupidly and tossed the axe backwards – a loud THUNK was heard, and he turned around to find it stuck in the wall, "Oops – don't sue me for that Victoria," he laughed nervously.
She shook her head in disbelief, "Sheen – at this point I could kiss you," she received a cold glare from Libby and Josh, she laughed innocently in response, "Not that I would, of course!"
Jimmy was more interested in how Sheen had this whole plan produced, "How'd you think of being an executioner? And how'd you get your voice that deep?"
Sheen shrugged, going through the keys, deciding which one to try first, "It was Cindy's idea – I climbed up a window, trying to sneak in. Cindy saw me and helped me out – I told her everything that was going on – we saw the executioner's truck pull up," he paused, "That's where I got that dorky slogan – about the head thing," he laughed, "she told me to go on since they would be suspicious if she was gone too long. Oh- and Jimmy, she sends a good luck kiss your way – well," he paused thinking about it as Jimmy slightly blushed, "I think it was MORE than just a good luck kiss, but she wouldn't explain it to me cause she blushed while talking about it," this just made Jimmy blushed deeper while the rest laughed at him.
Still going through the keys, Victoria finally got annoyed and grabbed the keys and stuffed one in, "Jeez, this is taking too long," the door unlocked and they all rushed out of the door, Libby giving Sheen a huge hug. He gave a deep blush and smiled.
Suddenly, everything seemed to stop – bells were ringing, and Victoria, Miss Jones, and Josh all gasped, horrified – looking at one another.
Jimmy arched an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"
Victoria put her fingers to her mouth as Josh wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Those bells – they mean the crowning is about to begin – she'll be walking down that isle any moment now. We have to get there NOW, before we're too late."
No other words needed to be said, as they all rushed down the hallway. A glimmer of hope was in the air, but it was just out of reach.
To Be Continued.
Author Message: Alright now, I'm very confident that none of you guessed what Sheen would be until the near end of the scene, thank you very much, lol. Now read and review guys, I hope you liked!
By Jessie/Dory
Author Message: Just letting you guys know ahead of time, there'll be probably around 2 – 3 more chapters, probably including this one. So the story is coming to a conclusion, but it'll be a great conclusion – at least, I plan it to be that way. =) ALSO – please tell me in your reviews what your favorite parts have been (from either this chapter or others), it helps out a lot.
Sheen hadn't wakened up until the late afternoon, but never the less; no one had spotted him, and when he had awakened there was a pile of snow on his head.
Giving a loud yawn, he looked back and forth and realized he was pretty much sleeping in snow, "Ooh – I've had this dream before – wait," he stood up and realized he wasn't dreaming, "this can't be a dream – there's no flying underpants! Man – I liked that dream too," he kicked the snow as he said this.
"What is going on here – what is – oh yeah," it all came back to him, "The other four were taken away to be killed," he said this so casually it didn't even hit him for a full 30 seconds, "OH crud!" he began pacing back and forth, "I need to devise a plan – a smart plan – oh where's Jimmy when you need him? Probably already dead or worse," he blinked, "What ever worse could possibly be."
Looking up at the castle he decided that he had to sneak in some how, without being caught, obviously. He scanned the windows and saw one not too far or high up that had a window open. Underneath it were several somewhat strong looking vines that lead directly to the window. Sheen slowly walked over to them, quickly turned around to make sure no one was around to catch him in the act, and looked up the horrible high distance.
Taking hold of one of the vines, he gulped and muttered; "May Ultra Lord's strength be with me," with that he slowly began to climb the wall.
Loads of makeup fluttered everywhere, and Cindy exited the room slowly whilst gasping for breath as she opened the door. On the other side, if you happened to be watching, you would see Cindy slowly creeping out the door while literally makeup escaped from the room, hairspray was puffing out, and a brush was flung past her and hit against the opposite.
"Really guys! I'm just," wheeze, "Going to the bathroom – no, no, not gonna ruin the makeup," she slammed the door closed, giving a sigh of relief and leaning against the door with her back and sliding to the ground, "my god – I'm not gonna touch this make up if it means going through THAT again."
She looked down the hallways, and was relieved to see no one around, "I can find help now!" She coughed some more from the lack of air she had a moment ago, "first I need some fresh air," she spotted an open window and walked over to it.
She lay her head down on the window, closing her eyes and taking deep and fresh breathes. Ah, how she would fear makeup for weeks after this incident blows over – if it ever does. She suddenly had a pang of guilt, here she was, and resting and breathing, while Josh and her friends were probably dead by now!
"Ow! Stupid thorn -," a voice below caused her head to jump up. She knew that voice, at least, she thought she did.
Cindy looked over the edge of the window and saw a figure dangling on the vines, she literally shrieked, "Sheen?!" She put her hand to her mouth, hoping that no one had heard her yell, her voice softened down a bit, "Sheen – what are you DOING?" She adjusted the tiara on her head, making sure it wouldn't fall off.
Sheen looked up, "Princess? What are you doing there – I thought you were captured."
"No, no – Sheen, I'm not Victoria – I'm Cindy," she hissed in response, "Here – grab my cape," she had been forced into a very royal looking outfit with a long and heavy cape sort of thing dragging behind her, it was the only thing long enough to reach Sheen. Draping the cape over the side of the window, Sheen grabbed it with one hand while holding the vine.
"You sure this is strong enough?" he gulped, turning his head to look down at the far distance he had climbed, and didn't want to fall.
Cindy rolled her eyes, "Stronger than those vines, now hang on and try to climb up."
Sheen nodded, using both hands to climb up, he did this slowly so that he could attempt on concentrating, while at the same time using the bricks of the wall to help him climb up with ease.
One brick Sheen stepped on was slightly slippery and of course Sheen tripped, sliding half way down the cape, "ah!" was the response he gave while Cindy shrieked, with white knuckles, holding on with all her strength.
"I'm ok!" Sheen yelled up in reply.
"No duh, otherwise you'd be a pancake on the ground by now – I'm not gonna let my best friend's boyfriend get squished – now GET UP HERE," Cindy scowled down at him. In quick response, Sheen didn't waste any time and scurried up the remainder of the climb.
Cindy held her arm out as far as she could stretch while still having a tight grip on the cape. If Sheen fell, she would too. Sheen grabbed her hand and immediately Cindy swung her other hand over, pressing her feet against the window edge and put all her weight backwards to lift him in.
Sheen climbed over the window ledge with ease, and Cindy flew backwards, landing on her butt. She grunted with annoyance at the pain, but slowly stood up, using the wall as balance.
Looking around, Sheen nodded in approval, "Very nice place here."
"Well what do you expect," she winced slightly in pain, "They are royal after all," she let out a deep and shaky breath, "So – where is everyone else?" she looked at him expectantly.
Sheen's arms dropped, "Well – they tried to capture us, Jimmy, Victoria, Libby, and Carl got caught," he stood proudly, "of course, using special techniques I used from watching hours, hours, hours, hours, hours, hours (Cindy scoffed, "We don't have all day Estevez."), and hours of Ultra Lord – I of course escaped."
Cindy leaned against the wall, staring at Sheen, "And how long ago was this?"
Rubbing his arms, Sheen laughed nervously, "Well – in the bushes I sort of fell asleep – it was dark and early in the morning when they were captured – and I believe right now it's mid or late afternoon."
His response was silence on Cindy's part, and all she did was turn around and bang her head repetitively against the wall, speaking in between banging her head on the wall, "Why – why – why – am – I – always - surrounded – by – IDIOTS?"
"If it helps," Sheen added nervously, and Cindy stopped hitting her head but not facing him as he continued, "Well – I remember they were taking them to the dungeon, they put tape on Jimmy's mouth and cuff him, and the Captain talked about knowing that you guys switched, then saying he was gonna execute them. Victoria for impersonating royalty, and the others for trying to attack the royal family or whatever, which makes no sense to me cause none of it's true."
Cindy turned back around, sinking to the floor, "Of course none of it's true – it should be me being killed, and I will be if I don't follow Captain's orders," she put her hands in her face, "Ugh – this is all my fault, to agree to such a stupid thing. Being a Princess isn't even any fun."
Sheen began pacing, "Well they totally forgot about me," he stopped, crossing his arms, "Which I think was quite rude of them."
Cindy looked up at him, "Then they won't be looking for you – you can save them! I can't go because if they figure out I'm gone they'll know what I'm up to," she smiled, putting her arms down, "We can pull this off yet – you just need a disguise, but what?"
"Hmm, what about if I disguise myself as a clown? Britney Spears? Or ULTRA LORD?" Sheen started jumping up and down with excitement.
"No – it has to be something that they wouldn't give another thought to -," she paused, "Ew, did you say Britney Spears? Never mind," she stood up and began pacing, then leaned against the window ledge, and Sheen did the same.
"I could be a guard dude or something," Sheen suggested. The two stood silently, looking out at the distance, and slowly a smile crept on Cindy's face.
"I have a better idea," she grabbed Sheen's head and pointed out at the distance, "Better than a guard – do you see that, in the distance over there?"
Sheen squinted his eyes, "The truck? You want me to be a truck driver?"
She shook her head in response, "Yes, the truck, but read what's on it!"
Squinting his eyes even more he read what was on the truck, "Ooh! Cool! I've always wanted to be one of those."
"Well this is your lucky day Sheen, cause I've got a plan!" She smirked and began whispering in his ear. A few moments went by of Cindy whispering and Sheen 'ah-ing'.
"A perfect plan your highness!" Sheen did a mocking bow, "I shall now go off to perform my royal duties."
Cindy rolled her eyes, "Whatever Sheen – just go at it."
Sheen saluted her, "Yes ma'am!" and he turned to run off.
A moment passed and Cindy hesitated, "Sheen?"
The boy stopped in mid-run, and turned around, "Yeah?"
She walked toward him and finally reached him, "Listen, thanks," she kissed him briefly on the cheek, "don't take that as that I like you, that's a thank you kiss. And if you tell Libby I did that, she'll have my head, and then I'll tai chi you all the way back to your birth," she showed an angry fist at him and he smiled in response, but then she put it down and continued, "And, about Jimmy -," but she wasn't sure of what to say.
Sheen arched an eyebrow and smirked, "You want me to tell him something for you?"
Cindy now seemed quite nervous and she rubbed her shoulders, "Just – tell him I'm rooting for him, for all of them – and – that – well, tell him I'm sending a kiss his way."
"A thank you kiss?"
She paused, then shook her head, "Well – no," she blushed, "Lets just say – for good luck, and – hey, I don't have to explain it to you, do I?"
He laughed in response, "Nah, you don't – it's just fun watching the girl who's always sure of her self being all nervous for once. I think he'll get the message when I get to them."
She smiled, still with a faint blush, "Thanks Sheen – now go on, they probably think I've run away by now – and you have to get to him before he gets to them, got it?"
"Yeparoni!" Sheen saluted again, and then he ran off to save the day, while Cindy ran back, much to her disgust, to the makeup room.
Hours had gone by, but the five of them and Miss Jones had no rescuers, and several guards guarded their only exit out; everything seemed hopeless at this point.
Silence had taken over all of them, sitting against the wall, Victoria leaned her head into Josh's shoulder, tears traveling down her face. Jimmy was staring at his broken watch, completely smashed to pieces and beyond repairable without the proper tools. Using some things he cared not to describe that he found in the dungeon, he was able to fix such things as the grappler hook he had attached to it, but anything else would have needed real tools to fix together.
He put the watch back on his wrist, and glanced at the cute looking couple of Josh and Victoria. Oh how he wished Cindy was here for him to hug, but Cindy wouldn't be doing any hugging. No, she would be devising a plan, even when the chips were down for the rest of them. Jimmy had come to admit he was rather helpless most of the time without his gadgets, but Cindy, he guaranteed at the moment she was thinking of a plan. That is – if she knew if they were even there or not. He sighed, looking up at the ceiling, wondering where the future lay.
Libby and Carl were sulking near Jimmy, they too wondered where things were heading, and in their minds felt annoyed that they couldn't do anything about what may happen to them. The guard had warned them a while ago that an executioner would be arriving soon. Miss Jones sat next to them; she was more lost in this whole adventure than the rest of them.
Victoria suddenly sat up, "Oh my gosh – I just figured this all out."
Everyone spun around and stared at her, "Huh?" was the first thing that each of them said. Victoria dug into her pocket a folded up piece of paper. It had been the piece of paper she had written her dream – or more so, nightmare – onto only the other day.
"I wrote – the first night Cindy and I had switched, I had a nightmare and wrote everything about it down," she showed the rest of them, and in the dim light that had escaped from the door, each of them over looked it.
Josh seemed perplexed, "I was talking to Cindy in a dark hallway – she was telling me about your father dying and telling me everything about it. The Captain grabbed her, and other guards took me – this must be you imagining yourself as Cindy – she is suppose to be you, right?"
Jimmy grabbed the paper and read closely, "Weird vehicle across the ocean – that's gotta be the hover car, and you were talking to us. You probably just didn't recognize us," he nodded his head, "This is very bizarre. We're thrown into an endless pit?"
"That must be this dungeon!" Libby pointed out, and the others nodded in agreement.
"They're all holding axes?" Carl shuddered, "We haven't seen any axes yet."
In the distance from upstairs they all heard loud and heavy footsteps coming, they all gulped and continued reading.
Miss Jones grabbed it out of Jimmy's hands and read the last part, "This final bit – it can't be you, it must be that Cindy girl," she looked up at the rest of them who seemed confused, 'They're going to force her to be crowned against her will – my goodness, we need to do something," she held her hand to her mouth.
The footsteps grew louder, and louder, Victoria grabbed the paper and put it back into her pocket, "It all make sense now," she suddenly felt dizzy, holding her forehead, "Jeez – it's like I was being sent a message or something – this is too weird."
The others nodded, but Jimmy pointed out, "At least we know what's going on for certain – Cindy's in trouble, and we need to save her."
"B-b-but how Jimmy?" Carl hesitated.
Libby nodded, "I think we should try figuring out how to save ourselves first."
Josh had been the only one who had snuck over and peeked out at what the footsteps were at the door, he turned around and whispered, "Guys! Don't look now but the clock is ticking – the executioner is here!"
The others hesitated for a moment, but ran up next to Josh, and all looked out the small window as best as they could. They could each feel their hearts heating like crazy, Victoria instinctively grabbed Josh's hand tightly as Miss Jones grabbed her son's other hand.
"We'll figure something out," Victoria whispered to Josh, "But in case we don't – I – I love you," she felt her pulse quickening as the executioner rounded the corner.
"I love you too," he whispered back.
The executioner was tall, covered completely in a black cape, holding a huge and sharp axe. His face could not be seen, hidden beneath his or her clothing, but he clearly reeked of pure evil. At this point all six of them were holding hands tightly together, each dreading the worse.
The sleazy guard, the only guard for the matter guarding their room looked up from his seat, "Why how you doing Bob? Haven't seen you in ages!"
The executioner nodded, replying in a dark and deep voice, "I've been on vacation in Hawaii with the family."
The guard nodded, "Very nice, well, you've got a few major trouble makers to deal with – you know, I didn't even know they still had executioners around. Glad to see you're still in business."
"Yep," Bob the executioner nodded again, "Bob's Executioners – we're a-head of the game," he held up the axe, "Where would you like this to go," he began swinging it aimlessly around like it was a toy.
Bob put it on his shoulder and spun half way around, the axe's side hit against the guard, causing him to spin around as if he were drunk, Bob turned back around after hearing the clunk, "Oops, sorry about that!"
He moved the axe around as he saw the guard fall unconscious to the ground, he bent down, and in a familiar voice mumbled, "Ok – and the keys are – HERE!" he smiled under his cloak, grabbing the keys out of the guard's pocket. There was a gold ring with numerous large old-fashioned keys dangling around it.
Libby shook her head in disbelief, "Oh no way, I know that voice ANYWHERE!"
The executioner stood up and went to the door, right at Libby, and pulled the cover over his head off, revealing none other than Sheen, "Hey babe!"
"SHEEN!" The others shrieked, completely baffled.
"The one and only," he smiled proudly. He leaned in and Libby planted a huge kiss on his lips.
"I knew you'd save us! I just new it," she smiled after they stopped kissing.
Sheen, rather shocked, sort of grinned stupidly and tossed the axe backwards – a loud THUNK was heard, and he turned around to find it stuck in the wall, "Oops – don't sue me for that Victoria," he laughed nervously.
She shook her head in disbelief, "Sheen – at this point I could kiss you," she received a cold glare from Libby and Josh, she laughed innocently in response, "Not that I would, of course!"
Jimmy was more interested in how Sheen had this whole plan produced, "How'd you think of being an executioner? And how'd you get your voice that deep?"
Sheen shrugged, going through the keys, deciding which one to try first, "It was Cindy's idea – I climbed up a window, trying to sneak in. Cindy saw me and helped me out – I told her everything that was going on – we saw the executioner's truck pull up," he paused, "That's where I got that dorky slogan – about the head thing," he laughed, "she told me to go on since they would be suspicious if she was gone too long. Oh- and Jimmy, she sends a good luck kiss your way – well," he paused thinking about it as Jimmy slightly blushed, "I think it was MORE than just a good luck kiss, but she wouldn't explain it to me cause she blushed while talking about it," this just made Jimmy blushed deeper while the rest laughed at him.
Still going through the keys, Victoria finally got annoyed and grabbed the keys and stuffed one in, "Jeez, this is taking too long," the door unlocked and they all rushed out of the door, Libby giving Sheen a huge hug. He gave a deep blush and smiled.
Suddenly, everything seemed to stop – bells were ringing, and Victoria, Miss Jones, and Josh all gasped, horrified – looking at one another.
Jimmy arched an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"
Victoria put her fingers to her mouth as Josh wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Those bells – they mean the crowning is about to begin – she'll be walking down that isle any moment now. We have to get there NOW, before we're too late."
No other words needed to be said, as they all rushed down the hallway. A glimmer of hope was in the air, but it was just out of reach.
To Be Continued.
Author Message: Alright now, I'm very confident that none of you guessed what Sheen would be until the near end of the scene, thank you very much, lol. Now read and review guys, I hope you liked!